Mundane Stations

The Mundane Stations study finds the dates when a body stations, turning retrograde or direct.

Creating a Mundane Stations Study

To create a Mundane Stations study:

• Click Mundane Studies → Stations → Mundane Stations on the menu bar.

The new study is added to the Studies list and opens with your workspace's default settings, ready to configure. You can also create it from the study-group dropdown button on the main toolbar.

Events Captured

This study records an event each time a chosen body stations, the moment its apparent motion changes direction and its longitudinal speed passes through zero. A retrograde station marks the start of backward motion; a direct station marks the return to forward motion.

An Event Type selector determines which stations the study captures: retrograde stations only, direct stations only, or both.

Events Table Columns

The events table can display the following columns for this study. Many are hidden by default; to show or hide any column, right-click a column header (see Event Column Visibility). Column headers that name longitude or latitude are relabeled to right ascension and declination when the study's Reference System uses an equatorial reference plane.

Column	Description
Date Time	Local date/time of the station.
Event Type	Station subtype (retrograde or direct).
Body	The body that stations.
Body Longitude	Body ecliptic longitude (or right ascension).
Body Sign	Zodiac sign of the body.
Body Latitude	Body latitude (or declination).
Body Distance	Body distance.
Body Speed	Body longitudinal speed (near zero at a station).
Event Interval	Interval (days) since the previous event.